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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

돌아서서 떠나라

About the Original Works

Original Title
돌아서서 떠나라
Title Romanization
Doraseoseo tteonara
English Title(Printed)
Leave and Don’t Look Back
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Essay

Author
Lee Man-Hee
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2011
Publisher
-
ISBN
9782849521137
Main Characters
Gong Sangdu, Chae Huiju
Subject/Theme
Unrequited love

About the Author

  • Lee Man-Hee
  • Birth : 1931 ~ 1975
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Man-Hee
  • Family Name : Lee
  • Korean Name : 이만희
  • ISNI : 000000011627870X
  • Works : 2
Plot

Huiju and Sangdu fall in love when Sangdu is carried to the hospital for his injury. Huiju is a doctor and Sangdu a gang boss. Despite this obstacle, they marry at a cathedral, but afraid that Huiju will fall in harm’s way because of him, Sangdu turns himself in.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • Korean(한국어)
  • English(English)

1998년 출간된 이만희희곡집(제2권)에 수록된 작품이다. 1999년 <약속>이라는 제목으로 영화화되었다. 작품은 폭력조직의 두목과 여자 의사의 이루기 어려운 사랑을 그렸다.

Published in 1998, this play is included in Lee Man-hee’s second collection of plays, and this love story between a woman doctor and a gang boss was also made into the film titled A Promise in 1999.

Translated Books1

  • French(Français) Book Available
    VA, NE TE RETOURNE PAS
    LEE MAN-HEE / LEE MAN-HEE / 2011 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Essay
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